TECOM

Trusted Embedded Computing

Trusted Computing has become an established technology for verification and implementation of integrity and security at personal computers. Similar requirements are also needed for embedded computing platforms which have alike trust and security problems due to the increasing complexity and therefore instability of operating systems and applications as well as connection to the Internet with its security dangers and attacks. Until now the TC standard is mainly targeted for PCs with their large resources of available code space, specific bus interfaces and large computing power which are not available with embedded platforms. As there are a much higher number of embedded computing platforms like PCs in the field, it becomes a necessity to adapt the current TC standard to embedded platforms.

Objectives:

The project will adopt a systematic approach to the development of trusted embedded systems, consisting of hardware platforms with integrated trust components.

Trusted operating systems mainly based on the new virtualisation/hypervisor architecture which are already in use in the PC world. Adapting such architecture to the specific requirements of small platforms and trusted modules.

Defining software interfaces for implementing easily accessible SW security modules and mechanisms into such trusted systems and working on example implementations.